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Coinbase says 99% of customer assets sit in cold storage after Binance’s $6.3 billion breach
Coinbase says 99% of customer assets are in cold storage and it wasn't affected by the $6.3 billion Binance hack.

Bitcoin Rebounds After Democratic Midterm Sweep, But Crypto Faces Tougher Fight in Washington
Bitcoin bounced back after Democrats won control of Congress, but a stalled market structure bill and heavy industry campaign spending reveal crypto’s exposure to shifting US political power.

Wall Street’s Plumbing Goes Onchain as Morgan Stanley Tokenizes Securities
Morgan Stanley says it has converted U.S. equities and Treasuries into tokenized form through the newly launched DTCC Tokenization Service, which 20 Wall Street firms have signed up to use.

Schroders launches tokenized emerging markets debt fund on Solana with Centrifuge
The $1 trillion-plus asset manager brings its emerging markets bond strategy to Solana, expanding the range of onchain actively managed funds.

Crédit Mutuel Arkéa Confirms Cyberattack After ZachXBT Ties It to $133M Crypto Theft
The French bank said the attack allowed "fraudulent operations" but did not mention crypto, and is still assessing the amounts.

Bitbase Launches ORIGIN, a Points Season That Rewards Consistency
PANAMA CITY, November 4, 2026 — Bitbase today launched ORIGIN, the first season of its Bitbase Points program, which is designed to reward sustained participation over time. Over the 26-week season, which ends on May 4,…

Bitbase launches ORIGIN, distributing 1M points every week
Panama City, November 4, 2026 — Bitbase today launched ORIGIN, the first season of its new Bitbase Points program. Ahead of the launch, the digital asset exchange credited points to eligible users who had been trading on…

Morning Minute: CFTC Clears Stock Perps, Gets Sued the Same Day
Plus, pro-crypto spending largely failed to produce results as the Democrats swept the Senate and House in Midterms.

Circle reports $865 million in Q3 revenue and reserve income, discloses 5% workforce reduction
Circle reported $865 million in third-quarter revenue and reserve income and disclosed cuts affecting approximately 5% of its workforce.

Bitcoin Shrugs Off Midterms as Experts Say Democratic Sweep Was 'Priced In'
Experts say the Democratic sweep was largely priced in, but it makes the road ahead harder for crypto policy.

USDC Issuer Circle Quietly Cuts 5% of Staff in Profitable Quarter
The USDC issuer disclosed the cuts in its earnings release, booking $9.1 million in restructuring costs as reserve income fell 8%.

BitGo launches institutional trading and financial solutions business led by former NYDIG executive
BitGo has launched Global Markets, an institutional trading and financial solutions business headed by former NYDIG executive Pete Janney.

Midterms Blue Wave Makes $917K for One Polymarket Trader, If Alaska Doesn’t Flip
A Polymarket trader topped the prediction market’s leaderboard after Democrats swept the US midterms, but Alaska could still flip it.

Judge Orders Bitcoin Wallet Returned to Family of Convicted Canadian Killer
A Nova Scotia judge found prosecutors failed to link William Sandeson's Bitcoin to the 2015 murder of fellow student Taylor Samson.

MEXC Expands Stock Futures Coverage to Six Global Markets in Q3 as 0808 Stock Season Trading Volume Tops $50B
Mutsamudu, Comoros, November 4, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, has released the “MEXC Ecosystem & Growth Report Q3 2026.” Building on the launch of RealStocks and the expansion of its stock…

Solana Microscope Offers Open-Source Monitoring for Complex On-Chain Operations
TL;DR: The Solana Foundation has described Microscope, an open-source monitoring approach for teams managing on-chain programmes and infrastructure. An alert is not a transaction blocker. Operational tooling rarely…

SEC Updates Crypto-Asset FAQs as Firms Seek Clarity on Federal Securities Rules
TL;DR: The SEC Division of Corporation Finance added questions 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6 to its crypto-assets FAQ on November 2, 2026. SEC staff positions may be informative without having the legal force of a statute, judicial…

ECB Links Europe’s T+1 Securities Transition to a Broader Settlement Overhaul
TL;DR: European Central Bank officials have discussed the planned move to T+1 securities settlement in October 2027 alongside longer-term work on tokenized settlement infrastructure. A future regulatory settlement date…

Chainalysis Discloses Separate October 30 Security Incident Involving User Data
TL;DR: Chainalysis disclosed a security incident on October 30 affecting a subset of customer-related information, including names, email addresses and certain user or role labels, according to the company. “No evidence…

Chainalysis Describes Recovery Efforts After Mercado Bitcoin Security Incident
TL;DR: Chainalysis said on November 2 that it had supported tracing and containment efforts following a security incident involving Mercado Bitcoin. Incident estimates can differ between early reports, technical…

OpenAI Wants to Rebrand AI Data Centers, Use Them to 'Protect the Grid'
The ChatGPT maker says future facilities could ease pressure on power grids by cutting demand during emergencies.